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History

1929

discovered.

1938

opened to the public.

2000

closed.

2002

purchased by Debbie and Bryon Stewart and reopened.

25-AUG-2004

closed and for sale.

JUL-2013

reopened as a cave restaurant.

Description

Image: The Towers. Early Postcard (1908) by G.H. Faulkner, the former owner.

Truitt's Cave is named after John Truitt, who
was called the "Caveman of the Ozarks".
He discovered and developed six caves in this area as show caves.
His story is told on the cave tour.
The cave shows nice speleothems and a cave river.

One chamber of the cave is called dining room and has a paved floor,
benches and an underground fireplace with a natural solution slot as chimney.
It seems this palce was used as a restaurant during the 1940s.
It was advertised as cave restaurant of yesteryear and was mentioned in
Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Later it was open for free picnics.
The cave was closed in 2004 and later for sale.
In 2013 it was renovated and reopened as a cave restaurant serving traditional
american food, sandwiches, burgers, and wraps.
It also offers numerous concerts during the year.

The modern way is obviously to create a facebook page instead of creating a real
website.
This page has a lot of pictures with goats in knitwear (dont ask) and only
rudimentary info about the restaurant and the cave.
We read some rumours that it is possible to visit the cave again, but we could
not find open hours or fee, not even open hours for the restaurant.